Case study Better Living now at IKEA’s Checkout Counters IKEA is one of Sweden’s most successful businesses, with more than 200 stores in over 30 countries and 85,000 co- workers. New stores are opening continually. Today, the IKEA trademark represents the leading home furnishing brand in the world, offering a wide range of welldesigned, functional home furnishing products at prices so low so that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. Each store offers up to 9,500 different products and many new products are introduced throughout the year. The Gryphon™ 200 Mobile or Desk version is used at the checkout counters. In Sweden, the Gryphon™ 200 D model has been chosen with its coiled, extendable cable that has been adapted so that it can read the labels on even the larger items where the bar code can be difficult to reach. However, it is up to the IT Departments in each country to decide which model will be used in their stores. The reason that Datalogic’s Gryphon™ was chosen is simple. For a special project, IKEA needed a bar code reader that could read the PDF417 code. Since the Gryphon™ reads this type of code and is also so rugged - it can withstand repeated drops onto IKEA’s cement floors - it was chosen. “Another reason that we chose the Gryphon™ is its ‘Green Spot’, which allows the cashier to easily see if the code has been read correctly,” says Jonas Fänge, Systems Manager for IKEA stores in all countries. Jeanette Karlsson, who works as a cashier at IKEA adds, “The Gryphon™ is super easy to work with, it is little, fast and flexible. With the extendable cord it is easy to step away from the cash register to read hard-to-reach labels.” When the bar code has been read, the information moves to the cash register system. From there it is transferred to IKEA’s self- designed business system, MHS, where inventory balances, statistics, logistical and purchasing information as well as other details are automatically updated. This multinational company has chosen Datalogic’s hand-held bar code reader, Gryphon™, for many of its stores around the world. Datalogic Scanning, Inc. Division Headquarters 959 Terry Street Eugene, Oregon USA 97402-9150 Telephone: 1 (541) 683-5700 or toll free within the US (800) 695-5700 Fax: (541) 345-7140 www.scanning.datalogic.com